Python Developer at Growth Intelligence
Location: GB, LND, London

Company profile:
Growth Intelligence is a pioneer of nowcasting: tracking the finances of millions of companies at the same time using real-time signals and advanced machine-learning. In the past, companies had to rely on old legal filings or previous credit ratings for intelligence. With Growth Intelligence, our clients can get up-to-the-minute information on the sales and performance of millions of companies. Our clients use this to find new clients, monitor a portfolio and track market changes in real-time.Growth Intelligence is a fast-growing startup based in the prestigious Level 42 Technology Accelerator in Canary Wharf 

Job description:
Growth Intelligence is a pioneer of nowcasting: tracking performance and activity of millions of companies at the same time using real-time signals and advanced machine-learning. In the past, companies had to rely on old legal filings or previous credit ratings for intelligence. With Growth Intelligence, our clients can get up-to-the-minute information on millions of companies to drive thier business development and marketing activities.Senior DeveloperWe’re looking for an experienced developer to help us build our products, process and classify our increasingly extensive collections of data, and scale up our systems.This is a full time position based in LondonWhat you’ll doWe collect and process data from a lot of sources (public and private).We munge, analyse, model and extract useful business intelligence from all this data to present in a useful format to our customers.We are looking to scale our product to work with more data and handle more users – and that’s where you come in.Things we’d love from youTwo years commercial experience in a dev team delivering to clientsYou’ve been part of an agile team that lived and breathed things like agile, OOP and development lifecyclesExperience of Python or at least one programming language from the following: Java, C++Experience working with large datasetsFluent or native English speaker with great communication skills

Requirements:
Useful skills includeAdvanced Python and Linux (ideally) and experience of Java ScriptComfortable with SQL for running simple (and not so simple!) database queriesExperience of information retrieval, text mining, search, recommendation systems or NoSQLA little understanding of machine learning, statistical analysis or natural language processingWe are not blind to qualifications, but communication and attitude are much more important. This role would suit someone from a technical background and a numerate degree with a strong interest in data. 

Benefits:
What we offerWorking in a motivated fast moving team: we have plenty of interesting problems to work on!Technical freedom (eg. to use new technologies and shape the product, explore your ideas)Regulary salary reviewsLevel 39 community membership, opportunity to participate at relevant conferences/events (eg. Pydata)Stunning view from our office at Level 42 in Canary Wharf with a football table and Xbox in the common areaTeam dinners and activities, frequent team events/beer and birthday cakes! If you are interested, please send your CV and covering letter. If you are selected for an interview, we will let you know within two weeks.